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(11) EP 1 776 218 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
25.04.2007 Bulletin 2007/17

(21) Application number: 04781054.4

(22) Date of filing: 13.08.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B29C 35/04(2006.01)
B29D 30/06(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2004/026308
(87) International publication number:
WO 2006/022711 (02.03.2006 Gazette 2006/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(71) Applicants:
  • Société de Technologie Michelin
    63000 Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
  • MICHELIN Recherche et Technique S.A.
    1763 Granges-Paccot (CH)

(72) Inventors:
  • YOUNG, Robert
    Simpsonville, SC 29681 (US)
  • CHRISTOPHER, Norman
    Fountain Inn, SC 29644 (US)
  • MANUEL, Stephen
    Flat Rock, NC 28731 (US)

(74) Representative: Schlief, Thomas P. 
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 84
85055 Ingolstadt
85055 Ingolstadt (DE)

   


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